Crawford County IA Archives Biographies.....Jones, Erasmus M. 1824 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1893)

ERASMUS M. JONES, another one of the prosperous farmers of Crawford county,
Iowa, dates his birth in Perry county, Pennsylvania, April 27, 1824. His
parents, John and Catherine Jones, both died in Pennsylvania when he was eleven
years old. He and his brother, Sylvester H., were the only children they had.

  Mr. Jones was reared in his native State and there learned the trade of
manufacturing woolen goods, in which business he was engaged for a number of
years. He was compelled to give up this business on account of free trade, and
in 1854 he turned his attention to farming, and devoted his time to agricultural
pursuits until 1879, with the exception of six years spent in the lumber
business. In 1879 he came to Crawford county, and bought 160 acres of the
original Charter Oak farm, the southeast quarter of section 22. At the time he
settled here this land was all covered with a rank growth of weeds, which
required several years of hard labor to eradicate. Here he has since lived, and
by honest, earnest work has prospered and developed his farm into one of the
finest in the county. He opened up a large sand bank on his place, from which he
furnishes a supply of sand to the surrounding towns and country. In 1890 he laid
out an addition to Charter Oak, known as the Jones' Addition, composed of
eighteen lots, each 50 x 150 feet. He is enterprising and public-spirited and
takes an active interest in all that pertains to the welfare of his vicinity.
Politically, he is a Republican, having been an old-line Whig before the
organization of this party. He has served as a member of the School Board, as
Road Supervisor and in other official capacities.

  February 11, 1844, he was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Wheeling, a native
of Center county, Pennsylvania, born October 5, 1826. They have had eight sons
and four daughters, namely: Sylvester L., a farmer residing in this county; John
H., also engaged in farming in this county; Marshall L., a farmer of Crawford
county; Winfield S., engaged in mining in Washington; George, Gideon, Ellis and
an infant son, deceased; Susan C, wife of William Deter, Crawford county; Mary
M., wife of S. F. Wirtz, a farmer of Crawford county; and Rebecca and Elmeda,
deceased. The family have always been associated with the English Lutheran
Church of the General Synod.


Additional Comments:
Extracted From:

BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF 
Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa.

Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with
accompanying Biographies; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and
Biographies of the Governors of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of
the Counties, wth [sic] Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and
Leading Families.

"Biography is the only true history."—Emerson.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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